Rishi Sunak Up Close – Tonight
8.30pm, ITV1
It is pointless to know more about Rishi Sunak, as his role in British public life will probably end soon. Still, as a companion piece to January’s documentary on Keir Starmer, this provides an overview of the best parts of the Prime Minister’s life so far (millions in hedge funds, failed leadership campaigns… that sort of thing). In him is the mother of all political revivals, who offers and wonders if this most overwhelming politician has it. phil harrison
dragon’s den
8pm, BBC One
Dragons will be joined by guest Emma Greed, an East London entrepreneur who runs a string of businesses with the Kardashians. She’s the first to jump into investing in a business specializing in Afro-textured hair, while enthusiasm for a company that makes funky asthma inhalers is mixed. Alexi Duggins
Miners’ Strike 1984: Battle of Britain
9pm, Channel 4
The third and final part of this somber series explores how the era-defining strike ultimately collapsed. It begins in the rich coalfields of Nottinghamshire, where many local miners are resisting NUM leader Arthur Scargill’s unilateral calls to see an eccentric Tory-supporting billionaire seize the chance to co-opt the Thatcher government. was. graham virtue
Julia
9pm, Sky Atlantic
We’re lucky that Julia (Sarah Lancashire) is always charming. Because she needs to do everything she can to support her WGBH studio through her annual fundraiser. That is, of course, unless she wants to jump on a network that promises to have the financial wherewithal to take French chefs to dizzying new heights. Kaylie Dray
Billy Connolly does it.
9pm, Gold
The third series sees the Big In target all manner of sacred cows, including the Pride of Scotland in this opener. What makes you proud to be Scottish? A bad folk song? (“Written in London”) Or maybe the freezing weather? (“Scots get pregnant with both parents clothed.”) Ali Catterall
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10.15pm, Sky Comedy
The final series of Bilal Baig’s queer life comedy follows gender-fluid Sabi (Baig) and his younger sister Aqsa (Sapinder Rahi) as they work through long-simmering tensions. And will Axa and Izzy (Varun Saranga) commit? As always in this nuanced and delicate show, the answer is “sort of.” Ellen E. Jones
